Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cognitive Dissonance, Fundamental Attribution Error, Normative Social Influence

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Judgment about causes of our own and other people"s behavior and outcome. Distinctiveness: apply to this situation or all situations. Personal attribution = consistency high, consensus and distinctiveness low. Applies to others not ourselves: have more information about ourselves, others are figure", we are background" situation stands out. Is error inevitable: with time to reflect error is reduced. Depressed people = more personal attributions for failures. Individualist cultures: more personal attributions, western bias . Collectivist cultures: more responsibility for failure, east asians more complex, holistic views of behavioral causes. Tend to be most alert to information received first. Initial information may shape how we perceive subsequent information. Primacy is general rule of thumb in impression formation but primacy effects may decrease and recency effects may increase when: avoid making snap judgements, reminded to consider information carefully, feel accountable for judgements. Mental set: perceive worl in particular way. Schemas: mental frameworks that organize and interpret information.